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Released: 21-Feb-2019 10:05 AM EST
Senior design students develop materials for space station
South Dakota State University

Mechanical engineering students are working with NASA engineers to develop 3D printing materials that one day be used at the International Space Station, as part of the eXploration Systems and Habitation Academic Innovation Challenge.

   
Released: 20-Feb-2019 9:45 AM EST
Neuspera Medical Announces Final Close of $26M Series B Equity Financing
Neuspera Medical Inc.

Neuspera Medical Inc., a clinical stage, private venture capital backed neuromodulation company, today announced the final closing (2nd tranche) of the company's Series B equity financing.

   
Released: 20-Feb-2019 9:00 AM EST
How Goliath Groupers Behave May Be Key to National Security Under the Sea
Florida Atlantic University

The stealthy and exceptionally large Goliath grouper is the focus of a novel smart-sensing system that will remotely alert authorities of incoming manned and unmanned underwater vehicles. The non-invasive undersea surveillance and monitoring technologies developed at FAU’s Harbor Branch will be subtly integrated into goliath grouper habitats. An acoustic response will alert authorities to the presence of a potential threat, intruder or any suspicious object that is “out of place” within this species’ usual visual and acoustic landscape.

Released: 20-Feb-2019 12:05 AM EST
New Surgical Technique Improves Fixation and Minimizes Complications in Shoulder Replacement Surgery
Shoulder Innovations

New medical evidence shows improved mechanical fixation with a novel inset shoulder implant that minimizes surgical complications and may increase the longevity of artificial shoulder replacements. This new study in the Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery demonstrates, for the first time, successful long-term results with a promising new technology that is gaining attention of shoulder surgeons.

Released: 19-Feb-2019 3:05 PM EST
Mississippi State Develops Smartphone App to Test Lumber
Mississippi State University

Determining the stiffest piece of lumber is now easier with a new smartphone app created by scientists in Mississippi State University’s Forest and Wildlife Research Center.

Released: 19-Feb-2019 11:05 AM EST
Spherical display brings virtual collaboration closer to reality
University of British Columbia

Virtual reality can often make a user feel isolated from the world, with only computer-generated characters for company. But researchers at the University of British Columbia and University of Saskatchewan think they may have found a way to encourage a more sociable virtual reality.

Released: 18-Feb-2019 12:05 PM EST
Gearing up for 5G: A miniature, low-cost transceiver for fast, reliable communications
Tokyo Institute of Technology

Researchers at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) have designed a 28 GHz transceiver that integrates beamforming[1] with dual-polarized multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO[2]) technology.

Released: 18-Feb-2019 11:05 AM EST
Taking Diamond Qubits for a Spin
Department of Energy, Office of Science

Scientists use implanted silicon ions and electricity to increase the spin time of quantum bits, moving closer to the tech needed for quantum networks.

Released: 18-Feb-2019 10:15 AM EST
Story Tips From the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, February 18, 2019
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

ORNL neutrons investigate novel carbon capture crystals; gleaning valuable Twitter data to quickly map power outages; lightweight, heat-shielding graphite foam test yields positive results in fusion reactors; open source software scales up analysis of motor designs to run on supercomputers

Released: 18-Feb-2019 10:05 AM EST
Engineers develop placenta-on-a-chip to study caffeine transport from mother to fetus
Iowa State University

Iowa State's Nicole Hashemi has used her expertise in microfluidics to lead development of a device that models a human placenta. She and her research team have used the "placenta-on-a-chip" to study transport of caffeine from the mother, across the placental barrier, to the fetus.

   
Released: 18-Feb-2019 9:40 AM EST
Machine learning unlocks plants' secrets
Michigan State University

Plants are master chemists, and Michigan State University researchers have unlocked their secret of producing specialized metabolites. The research, published in the latest issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, combined plant biology and machine learning to sort through tens of thousands of genes to determine which genes make specialized metabolites.

12-Feb-2019 8:05 AM EST
How Do We Conserve and Restore Computer-Based Art in a Changing Technological Environment?
New York University

Just as conservators have developed methods to protect traditional artworks, computer scientists, in collaboration with time-based media conservators, have created means to safeguard computer- or time-based art by following the same preservation principles.

   
Released: 15-Feb-2019 4:55 PM EST
Novel App Uses AI to Guide, Support Cancer Patients
Georgia Institute of Technology

Artificial Intelligence is helping to guide and support some 50 breast cancer patients in rural Georgia through a novel mobile application that gives them personalized recommendations on everything from side effects to insurance.

15-Feb-2019 10:05 AM EST
DOE launches its first lithium-ion battery recycling R&D center: ReCell
Argonne National Laboratory

The launch of the Energy Department’s first lithium-ion battery recycling center, called the ReCell Center, will help the United States grow a globally competitive recycling industry and reduce our reliance on foreign sources of battery materials.

Released: 15-Feb-2019 3:05 PM EST
Hypnosis Through Virtual Reality Aids in Medical Recovery
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Anesthesiologists at UT Southwestern Medical Center are helping to explore the use of hypnosis through virtual reality to lessen postoperative pain and anxiety in children.

Released: 15-Feb-2019 3:00 PM EST
FAU Receives $450,000 NSF Grant to Thwart Attacks on Quantum Computers
Florida Atlantic University

The FAU project is part of a $1.2 million collaborative initiative with researchers from George Mason University and the University of South Florida. FAU researchers will focus on efficient hardware and software implementations as well as side-channel investigations of quantum-safe candidates.

Released: 15-Feb-2019 11:10 AM EST
Can we trust scientific discoveries made using machine learning?
Rice University

Rice University statistician Genevera Allen says scientists must keep questioning the accuracy and reproducibility of scientific discoveries made by machine-learning techniques until researchers develop new computational systems that can critique themselves.

Released: 15-Feb-2019 10:05 AM EST
Satellite images reveal interconnected plumbing system that caused Bali volcano to erupt
University of Bristol

A team of scientists, led by the University of Bristol, has used satellite technology provided by the European Space Agency (ESA) to uncover why the Agung volcano in Bali erupted in November 2017 after 50 years of dormancy.

Released: 14-Feb-2019 2:05 PM EST
Using drones to track honeybees gets ag sector buzzing
University of North Dakota

Australian technology startup Bee Innovative and the University of North Dakota (UND) are partnering to unlock an entirely new market for agricultural drones in the United States.They will track honeybees in real time for precision pollination in Australia, using UND’s global leadership in unmanned aircraft systems (UAS).

Released: 14-Feb-2019 2:05 PM EST
DHS Releases Compliance Assessment Bulletin for 30 Day Public Comment
Homeland Security's Science And Technology Directorate

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) announced the release of a Project 25 Compliance Assessment Program (P25 CAP) draft Compliance Assessment Bulletin (CAB) for review and comment.

   
13-Feb-2019 10:20 AM EST
New technology breaks through sign language barriers
Michigan State University

Opportunities once distant to the hard-of-hearing community will become a reality with a breakthrough sign language translator. Engineers from Michigan State University developed and patented a technology that – unlike prior translator mechanisms – is non-invasive and as portable as a tube of Chapstick.

Released: 14-Feb-2019 10:05 AM EST
Digital ag initiative to tackle global food system challenges
Cornell University

Digital agriculture at Cornell University – which already has been enhancing curricula such as Birman’s course, cross-college research projects and partnerships with industry – has just been seeded for robust additional growth.

   
Released: 13-Feb-2019 4:05 PM EST
Researchers Flood Boundaries of Chemistry
University of California San Diego

The Paesani Research Group works to collect data on the properties of materials like water, apply it to machine learning, optimize the material through modifications based on simulations and then synthesize an ideal material that could be used, for example, to extract water from the atmosphere.

Released: 13-Feb-2019 3:00 PM EST
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Honored as Recipient of the 2019 Microsoft Health Innovation Award
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital has been named a recipient of Microsoft Corp.’s 2019 Health Innovation Award for the St. Jude Cloud, a data-sharing resource for the global research community that gives scientists immediate access to genomics data that previously could take weeks to download.

Released: 13-Feb-2019 2:05 PM EST
Digital Learning and Values-Driven Leadership: Why it Works
University of Virginia Darden School of Business

The core idea behind Mary Gentile's "Giving Voice to Values" (GVV) approach is that rather than treating ethics as an entirely cognitive problem — it can be more impactful to provide opportunities for individuals to literally pre-script, rehearse and peer coach effective ways to enact values-based positions.

Released: 13-Feb-2019 1:05 PM EST
Effective Management: Know-How vs. Leadership
University of Virginia Darden School of Business

During the dot-com bubble of the 1990s, companies skyrocketed their valuations simply by adding “dot-com” to their stock tickers. The trend is not just a cautionary tale for investors: It highlights how in the age of digital disruption every company is becoming a technology business.

Released: 13-Feb-2019 11:05 AM EST
Amazon Grant to Fund Malicious Bot Detection Project
Stony Brook University

Stony Brook University computer scientist Nick Nikiforakis has received a 2018 Amazon Research Award for his work in the area of Internet security. The award includes $64,000 to help fund a project that attracts, “fingerprints,” and tracks web bots that are used for a variety of harmful tasks.

11-Feb-2019 2:00 PM EST
Media Advisory: Stanford GSB Inaugural Climate, Business and Innovation Conference Convenes Feb. 13
Stanford Graduate School of Business

Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB) Energy Club and Sustainable Business Club are hosting the inaugural Climate, Business and Innovation conference to inform the Stanford business community of the risks and opportunities presented by climate change.

Released: 12-Feb-2019 3:05 PM EST
ORNL Teams with Los Alamos, EPB to Demonstrate Next-Generation Grid Security Tech
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

A team of researchers from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge and Los Alamos National Laboratories has partnered with EPB, a Chattanooga utility and telecommunications company, to demonstrate the effectiveness of metro-scale quantum key distribution (QKD) as a means of secure communication for the nation’s electricity suppliers. This initial milestone is part of the team’s three-year project focused on next-generation grid security.

Released: 12-Feb-2019 3:05 PM EST
Moving Artificial Leaves Out of the Lab and Into the Air
University of Illinois Chicago

Artificial leaves mimic photosynthesis — the process whereby plants use water and carbon dioxide from the air to produce carbohydrates using energy from the sun. But even state-of-the-art artificial leaves, which hold promise in reducing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, only work in the laboratory because they use pure, pressurized carbon dioxide from tanks.

Released: 12-Feb-2019 3:05 PM EST
Los Alamos Teams with Oak Ridge, EPB to Demonstrate Next-Generation Grid Security Tech
Los Alamos National Laboratory

A team of researchers from the Department of Energy’s Los Alamos and Oak Ridge national laboratories has partnered with EPB, a Chattanooga utility and telecommunications company, to demonstrate the effectiveness of metro-scale quantum key distribution (QKD) as a means of secure communication for the nation’s electricity suppliers.

Released: 12-Feb-2019 1:05 PM EST
Working with NASA to Secure Drone Traffic
Homeland Security's Science And Technology Directorate

Because heightened drone traffic also produces challenges for law enforcement as they try to identify and interdict illicit activity, DHS S&T is working closely with NASA and the FAA to develop its own independent USS to monitor traffic and enable greater transparency.

Released: 12-Feb-2019 1:05 PM EST
DHS Awards Florida Company $199K to Begin Prototype Test of Canine Wearables
Homeland Security's Science And Technology Directorate

DHS Science & Technology Directorate (S&T) has awarded $199,540 to Orlando, Florida-based HaloLights, LLC to begin prototype testing of canine wearable technology. The award is part of DHS S&T’s Silicon Valley Innovation Program (SVIP).

Released: 12-Feb-2019 10:05 AM EST
Bridging the ‘digital divide’: Computer scientist using innovative technology, social science to improve lives in underserved communities
Northern Arizona University

Morgan Vigil-Hayes, an assistant professor of computer science at Northern Arizona University, aims to bring more reliable Internet access to tribal communities and other underserved areas by designing and implementing community-centric networked systems that can operate in resource-limited environments.

Released: 12-Feb-2019 9:00 AM EST
Selfies to Self-diagnosis: Algorithm ‘Amps Up’ Smartphones to Diagnose Disease
Florida Atlantic University

Smartphones aren’t just for “selfies” anymore. A novel cell phone imaging algorithm developed at FAU can now analyze assays typically evaluated via spectroscopy, a powerful device used in scientific research. Researchers analyzed more than 10,000 images and found that their method consistently outperformed existing algorithms under a wide range of operating field conditions. This technique reduces the need for bulky equipment and increases the precision of quantitative results.

Released: 12-Feb-2019 9:00 AM EST
International Phytobiomes Alliance Announces New Appointments to Board of Directors
International Phytobiomes Alliance

The International Alliance for Phytobiomes Research announced today the appointment of Natalie Breakfield and Matthew Ryan as new Board members of the organization.

Released: 11-Feb-2019 1:05 PM EST
DHS S&T Calls for Technology Submissions for Integrated First Responder Experiment in Birmingham
Homeland Security's Science And Technology Directorate

DHS S&T wants to assess new technology solutions for first responders. Today, S&T released a Request for Information (RFI) for participation in the Next Generation First Responder (NGFR) – Birmingham Shaken Fury Operational Experimentation (OpEx) scheduled for the week of August 5, 2019, in Birmingham, Alabama.

Released: 11-Feb-2019 11:05 AM EST
Researchers use X-rays to understand the flaws of battery fast charging
Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne researchers used the laboratory’s Advanced Photon Source to image a battery as it was quickly charged and discharged, allowing for the observation of lithium plating behavior that can inhibit the battery’s long-term function.

7-Feb-2019 11:00 AM EST
Rats in Augmented Reality Help Show How the Brain Determines Location
 Johns Hopkins University

A new Johns Hopkins study found that rats’ ability to recalibrate learned relationships among time, speed and distance is ever-evolving, moment-by-moment.

   
Released: 11-Feb-2019 10:15 AM EST
Three Sandia Labs researchers earn national honors in leadership and technology
Sandia National Laboratories

Three Sandia National Laboratories researchers--Warren Davis, Quincy Johnson and Olivia Underwood--were honored at the BEYA (Black Engineer of the Year) STEM Global Competitiveness Conference for their leadership and technological achievements.

Released: 11-Feb-2019 10:05 AM EST
Arizona cybersecurity expert elected senior member of the National Academy of Inventors
Northern Arizona University

Bertrand Cambou, a professor of practice at Northern Arizona University, has authored or co-authored 48 granted patents in his career and has disclosed 32 inventions at NAU, leading to a total of 35 patent applications. His main areas of research include the design of novel cryptographic primitives and protocols with Physically Unclonable Functions, True Random Generators and the use of nanotechnologies such as memristors and ReRAMs.

Released: 11-Feb-2019 9:00 AM EST
Making a medical isotope used by millions (Podcast)
Oregon State University, College of Engineering

How can we support nuclear medicine efforts that help more than 40,000 people in the U.S. everyday? Researchers at the Oregon State University College of Engineering have developed a way to produce the much-needed radioisotope technetium-99m using small research reactors like the one here at the university.

8-Feb-2019 4:30 PM EST
Across the Spectrum: Researchers Find Way to Stabilize Color of Light in Next-Gen Material
Florida State University

Researchers have found a way to stabilize the color of light being emitted from halide perovskites, a promising next-generation material for optoelectronic technologies.

Released: 8-Feb-2019 5:05 PM EST
First Ohio State University Woman Inducted Into National Academy of Engineers
Ohio State University

An Ohio State University engineering professor has become the first woman from the university to be named to the National Academy of Engineering.

Released: 8-Feb-2019 3:05 PM EST
Hearne Joins ORNL as Director of the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has named Sean Hearne director of the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences.

Released: 8-Feb-2019 12:05 PM EST
Risk Analysis Releases Special Issue on the Social Science of Automated Driving
Society for Risk Analysis (SRA)

Risk Analysis, An International Journal has published a special issue, “Social Science of Automated Driving,” which features several articles examining the human side of automated driving, focusing on questions about morality, the role of feeling, trust and risk perceptions.

Released: 8-Feb-2019 10:05 AM EST
Safe to use hands-free devices in the car? Yes, according to research
Virginia Tech

New research from the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI) suggests that drivers who use hands-free electronic devices, as opposed to handheld ones, are less likely to get into a crash.

Released: 7-Feb-2019 7:05 PM EST
New phenomenon discovered that fixes a common problem in lasers: Wavelength splitting
University of Utah

A team led by University of Utah physicists has discovered how to fix a major problem that occurs in lasers made from a new type of material called quantum dots. The never-before-seen phenomenon will be important for an emerging field of photonics research, including one day making micro-chips that code information using light instead of electrons.



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